THE GREATEST STORY I’VE EVER HEARDa puppet show based on true events

WHEN MY FRIEND DANA WAS A KID, SHE LIVED NEXT DOOR TO AN ELDERLY COUPLE

THE COUPLE DIDN’T HAVE ANY CHILDREN

THEY HAD RUBY

AND RUBY HAD EVERYTHING

ONE SUMMER, THE ELDERLY COUPLE ASKED MY FRIEND DANA TO DOG SIT.

“IT’S NOT DIFFICULT” SHE SAID. “JUST STOP BY TWICE A DAY, PREPARE RUBY’S FOOD WITH FILTERED WATER, AND RING HER BELL WHEN IT’S READY TO EAT.”

SO THE NEXT DAY, DANA VISITED RUBY. SHE PREPARED HER FOOD WITH FILTERED WATER AND AFTER IT HAD SOAKED,

SHE RANG THE BELL.

BUT RUBY WOULDN’T EAT.

SO DANA WENT HOME, FIGURING RUBY’S HUNGER WOULD CATCH UP WITH HER EVENTUALLY.

BUT WHEN SHE CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY….

RUBY WAS DEAD. X

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DANA FRANTICALLY TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.

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SHOULD SHE CALL THE ELDERLY COUPLE?

SHOULD SHE CALL THE POLICE?

SHOULD SHE STASH THE BODY AND PRETEND RUBY RAN AWAY??

THE VET! SHE WOULD TAKE RUBY TO THE VET! MAYBE HE COULD AT LEAST FIGURE OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

BUT HOW WOULD SHE GET RUBY TO THE VET?

THAT’S WHEN SHE SAW THE ANTIQUE SUITCASE.

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AN HOUR LATER, DANA WAS ON THE BUS TO THE VET’S OFFICE, SUITCASE IN TOW.

THAT’S WHEN IT HIT HER. RUBY WAS THE CENTER OF THE COUPLE’S UNIVERSE. SHE WAS LEFT IN HER CARE. AND NOW SHE WAS DEAD.

IT WAS SUDDENLY A LITTLE OVERWHELMING.

TRIED AS SHE DID TO HIDE IT, A GENTLEMAN NEXT TO HER ASKED IF SHE WAS ALRIGHT.

SHE SAID SHE WAS HAVING A BAD DAY.

THE STRANGER TRIED TO CHEER HER UP WITH JOKES AND SMALL TALK, AND SOON ENOUGH DANA FELT A BIT BETTER.

TURNS OUT, THE MAN WAS GETTING OFF AT THE SAME STOP AS DANA. “HOW ABOUT I CARRY YOUR SUITCASE FOR YOU?”

BEFORE SHE COULD OBJECT, THE MAN WAS WALKING TO THE FRONT OF THE BUS WITH THE SUITCASE– AND RUBY.

OUTSIDE, DANA THANKED THE GENTLEMAN FOR BEING SO KIND.

THAT’S WHEN HE PUNCHED HER IN THE FACE AND TOOK OFF WITH THE SUITCASE.

SO WHEN THE ELDERLY COUPLE GOT HOME, DANA HAD TO LAY IT ALL OUT…

“YOUR DOG IS DEAD.”

“I DON’T HAVE IT.”

“AND I ALSO LOST YOUR SUITCASE.”

THINGS WERE STRANGE BETWEEN DANA AND THE ELDERLY COUPLE FROM THEN ON OUT.

THE ONE THING THAT MADE EVERYONE FEEL BETTER IS THAT SOMEWHERE OUT THERE…

…WAS A MAN OUT FOR SOME QUICK MONEY AND JEWELRY…

…WHO GOT EXACTLY WHAT HE DESERVED.

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